The government

Lyssnar man på en svensk politiker kan det ta åratal innan han/hon lyckas säga något intressant. De urtråkiga personligheterna kombinerat med en politiskt korrekthet av sällan skådat slag tillsammans med rädslan att faktiskt våga uttrycka en egen åsikt, gör att svenska politiker är ungefär lika intressanta att lyssna på som en efter-matchen-intervju med valfri fotbollsspelare (inte Zlatan).

Med alla dess brister till trots (huvudsakligen det ständiga involverandet av gud i politiken) så behöver man däremot inte vänta länge innan en amerikansk president droppar flera klassiker, frivilligt eller ofrivilligt är av sekundär betydelse. Bäst blir det när det är spontant och inte scripted, och främst när det kommer från en republikansk straight shooter á la Dubya Bush, eftersom grodorna då har en tendens att hoppa ur munnen på löpande band. Oftast blir dessa citat föremål för youtube-klipp eftersom de framstår som icke genomtänkta och/eller korkade, men även politiskt inkorrekta grodor kan ibland innehålla riktigt kloka resonemang. Jag har surfat nätet efter sköna citat och har kommit fram till att en av de absolut skönaste citat-spottarna var Ronald Reagan.


Eller vad sägs om dessa sköna resonemang om "the government"?

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

People do not make wars; governments do.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Hade Reagan gått till val idag, och jag bara kunde bara basera det på ovan citat, hade jag röstat på honom direkt. Briljant analys rätt igenom.

It's not enough that we succeed. Cats must also fail.

They moved my bowl

Huvudet på spiken

Alla vet att hip-hop av idag är LOL.

Apropå MC Ren så uttrycker han det här problemet på ett utmärkt sätt i nedan nämnda intervju:

AllHipHop.com: What do you miss about Hip-Hop that you don’t think you see much of today?

MC Ren: Originality. Growing up rappers had their own look, their own style, and you couldn’t bite anybody. If you did then you were wack and got dissed. Nowadays, everybody looks the same and sounds the same. Biting is allowed now. I miss originality. Back in our day, you had us and our sound. Then you had Slick Rick with the patch and gold chains. You also had Big Daddy Kane and Public Enemy – everybody was different even Hammer. Everybody is the same now and they talk about the same things.

Amen

Dax för lite "vem sa"?

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read."

"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library."

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"Yes, I was the first one out. And yes, I’ve heard "women and children first". But, we do not employ children. We are not a sweatshop, thankfully. And women are equal in the workplace by law. So if I let them out first, I have a lawsuit on my hands."

"People see me in the suit and they know I'm not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through and through."

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

"Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."

Vem sa?

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

Chuck Norris Facts

Guns don't kill people. Chuck Norris kills People.

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

The chief export of Chuck Norris is Pain.

There is no chin under Chuck Norris' Beard. There is only another fist.

Rolig sida: http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/

"Och i dagens nyheter"

– Jag skäms att svenska folket röstat ut Daniel. Jag är så förbannad, säger den vinterkräksjuke jurymedlemmen Daniel Breitholtz.

"Women. Are. Dirty."

Quote of the week

Chris Rock on why music sucks (Rolling Stone):

“Music kind of sucks. Nobody’s into being a musician. Everybody’s getting their mogul on. You’ve been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you’d spend getting great songs together, you’re busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder’s songs would have been if he had to run a fuckin’ clothing company and a cologne line? … Rap sucks, for the most part. Not all rap, but as an art form it’s just not at its best moment."

"då är det läge för tacos"

Hittade följande konversationsutbyte på en chatt med Anders Svensson på TV4.se i upptakten till det allsvenska avgörandet:

Mohammed_ undrar: Vad kommer du göra om ni vinner guld?

Anders Svensson: få glädjefnatt. bli otroligt lycklig o då är det läge för tacos

Sugen på tacos.

Det är den här typen av kommentarer som gör att man bara måste älska Anders "Grillchips" Svensson. Nu kan man inte annat än hålla på Ellos-katalogens fanbärare på söndag. Egentligen borde ju det vara tillräcklig motivation att hålla på Borås Boys bara baserat på det faktum att det innebär att korplaget från Solna inte vinner SM-guld. Dessutom är ju Grillchips blåvit i hjärtat så det är ännu en viktig faktor, så på ett likgiltigt men ändå semi-engagerat manér säger jag: Go Ellos!

Om inte annat för att kunna zappa in TV4 på söndagkvällen för att se Patrik Ekwall kunna "Let him tell us his side of the case" bredvid en sunkig tacos-buffé i Borås. Det kan bli "bra TV".